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Ted Cruz: “We won. 5, 4. A landmark decision upholding that right [to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Ted Cruz at the 2015 NRA Annual Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 08:38

What I did say is that when I was the Solicitor General of Texas, I led a coalition of 31 states before the United States Supreme Court defending the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. And We won. 5, 4. A landmark decision upholding that right [to keep and bear arms]. And Then I link to the 2010 NRA's Carter Knight Freedom Fund Award, given every year to one of the leading Second Amendment defenders in the country. (08:38–08:43)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court decision was a 5-4 ruling upholding the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

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